Accuracy of stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion tomography for the diagnosis and localization of coronary artery disease in women

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 629-634

  Elhendy, Abdou ^a,c   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Valkema, Roelf ^a   Biagini, Elena ^a   Feringa, Harm H ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; myocardial perfusion; radionuclide imaging; women

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747823494     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.06.128     Document Type: Article

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